Half-armor of Henry III

Half-armor of Henry III and his helm.

Pauldron.

Half-armor made for king Charles IX.

Charles IX was King of France in sixteen century. He is famous as king at the time of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. He was in age of ten when he become a king and he was twenty in November 1570 when married Elisabeth of Austria. In 1572, Charles IX witnessed the massacre of thousands of Huguenots in and around Paris and did not long survive the Massacre because of he had always been fragile, both emotionally and physically.
Charles was not yet twenty-four years old when he called for Henry III of Navarre, embraced him, and said, "Brother, you are losing a good friend. Had I believed all that I was told, you would not be alive. But I always loved you...I trust you alone to look after my wife and daughter. Pray God for me. Farewell."

Half-armor of king Charles IX. Now in Invalides in Paris.

Helm.

Lance rest.

Armor's part. Guard of the vambrace.

Amathing Lion armor.

Three quarter armor :). Looks like half-armor with arms defence.


Lion helm.


Breastplate detail. Angel, demon and shells. Perfect gold inlay.
Now this armor in Paris.

Large army of small soldiers II.

Top helm.

Horsemen XIII - XIV century.

Voulgers, archers, crossbowmen (XIV century).

Crossbowman. Louis XI (1450).

Part I. To be continued.

Large army of small soldiers.

In Invalides thay has a room with a models of warroirs of all the times. At least till imperior Napoleon :) Thay are about 12cm. high and impressively detailed.

Greeks. 1100 B.C.

Romes, Fracs, 150-450.

Normands, 1000-1200.

To be continued.

Full armor with a perfect engraving. Repost.

Armor was made in France in 1600-1610 for Saulx-Tavannes family.

Piece of a breast plate. Amathing engraving.

Full armor.

Yet another full armor. Now in invalides in Paris.

Half-armor, made for duke of Epernon.

This half-armor was made for the duke of Epernon, but i am not sure which one, Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette or his sone. Probably it was made for father, favotite Henry's polititian and inspirator of Duma (besides, in the year of armor forging his sone was in age of 14).

Half-armor, made in France in 1606.


Half-armor fragment, lames on pauldron (armor on a shoulder).

Probably maximilian.

I am not sure what is it, looks like maximilian, 15th century. Definitely it was made for infantry, pay attention on faulds.

Now this armor is in Paris.

Piece of the armor. Pauldron's lames.

Charles de Guise's half-armor.

Charles de Lorraine, duc de Mayenne, (Charles de Guise), was a French nobleman of the house of Guise and a military leader of the Catholic League, which he headed during the French Wars of Religion, following the assassination of his brothers at Blois in 1588. He was kingmaker, peacemaker and just a good duke.

Half-armor produced in France in 1580. Now is in Paris.

Half-armor of Henry I de Guise.

Half-armor made for Henry I, Prince of Joinville, Duke of Guise, Count of Eu in France in 1580 (he was 20 years old). After battles with Turks in Hungary he become one of the leaders of franch catholics in the War of Religion. He was Lieutenant-General of France, but he have finished his life being assassinated by the king's order.

Now this half-armor is in Paris.

Making of medieval armor with modern tools and materials.

I am amazed!

Half-armor.

Nice black half-armor with a helm. Unknown origin, now in Paris.

Amathing trends.

No one wants to work in the New Year's eve.

Fishing in summer, hunting in winter.

Vodking and beering. Another season goods.

Who needs God? Gimme a nice puppy!

Sad trend :( Adult video on New Year's eve and scheduled on Saint Valentine's day love. It is curious to compare this trends in England.

Bayard's full armor.

Chevalier de Bayard was a last True-Knight-in-Shining-Armor. Unfortunately he was killed by peasant with matchlock musket.

Full armor was produced probabli in Milan or France in 1520. Now it is in Paris.

Siege armor.

Siege armor. Looks like quirass with an amathing helm.

Siege armor fragment.
Made in Franch in 1630-1650 with lable of the Lorraine. Now in Paris.